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tv   Action News  ABC  June 20, 2014 5:00am-5:31am EDT

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>> good morning, it is 5:00 a.m. on this friday, june 20th. here's what's happening. >> a raging inferno rips through two homes in new jersey overnight. we have new video. >> a health scare in the cdc and a dangerous lapse have put dozens in danger. >> a casino could close for good leaving dozens out of work. >> it feels great out there, david murphy is off, karen rogers has accuweather, matt pellman is looking at traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's a big change overnight. temperatures in the lehigh valley, 17 degrees cooler than they were at this point yesterday. just 55 in allentown. a comfortable 656 in reading.
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atlantic city, 61 degrees. the dewpoints are way down. which means it doesn't feel humid. satellite and radar showing we have clear skies and few high clouds that will be streaming through with mostly sunny skies. we have a front located down to the south that will get stalled there. today it leaves us nice and dry with no issues out there. 6:00 a.m., 64. #-- 8:00 a.m. that temperature a comfortable 67. we'll hit a high of 84. average for the date. a nice day ahead. how does it look for the shore and the poconos, i have an update. >> reporter: in this case we love to come average. happy friday, everybody. a positive change here, as well on i-95, about ten minutes ago we told you the off ramp from the northbound lanes to girard avenue was blocked for overnight
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construction. you want to exit i-95 at girard you can do that once again. delaware avenue southbound near spruce street we have downed wires from the dump truck accident on columbus boulevard, you can get by it's that right lane that remains blocked. there's overnight construction along city avenue as you travel in both directions near monument road. watch out for the bumpy ride there. no major issues on the schuylkill expressway, or the vine street expressway or the boulevard. there was construction on the pennsylvania turnpike that's gone, speeds in the mid 60s as you travel between bensalem and fort washington. in camden county they are clearing out construction on the southbound side of 42 by college drive and no major delays heading toward the walt whitman bridge, tam. >> we are following breaking news in new jersey, right now fire crews are battling the warehouse fire in camden. katherine scott is live on the
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scene with developing details. good morning, katherine. >> reporter: good morning, tam, fire ruse remain on the scene so far no reports of any jirms, but there will -- injuries, but there will be a quite a bit of damage. this is as close as we can get. hoses are running up the street. you can see the fire trucks they are blasting the water trying to extinguish the flames. an "action news" viewer sent in the cell phone video. you can see how fierce the flames were earlier. thick smoke was billowing from the roof of the pcm company. the fire broke out on ferry avenue in camden. there's a partial roof clams and explosion. there's no word what the cause of the fire might be. of course the concentration is extinguishing all these flames. again, no reports of any injuries so far, but you can see this is a big scene here.
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firefighters working to extinguish the flames from above we'll bring you updates as we get them and follow the story, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> smoke and flames engulfed this twin home in trenton new jersey, the fire broke out on the unit block of colonial avenue. fire spread to the upper floors damaging both houses. him so far there are no reports of anyone being hurt. >> the search is on for a buyer for atlantic city's revel casino hotel now that it filed for bankruptcy for the second time it opened two years ago. it is on the north end of the boardwalk. if it does not find a buyer by august 18, 3200 workerses will lose its job. it opened one of the worst
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recessions in american history. a pennsauken student faces charges after police say she slashed the face of a girl. the 16-year-old suspect slashed a girl's face with a sharp object. she was taken into custody european charged with aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon. the victim was treated at cooper university hospital. urgent health alerts at the nation's most dangerous lab. dozens of workers are being monitor for exposure to the anthrax bacteria. active anthrax was moved to a lab that was not designed to store that material. there is no threat to the public. glt the first chance this year for philadelphia residents to jump into a city pool. passion and department of
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recreation officially open the pools and spraygrounds today. the pool hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 9:30 at night. >> one day is hot and the other too chilly. >> reporter: my kids will be in that pool this afternoon. let's look at storm tracker 6 live double scan around the region we're dry. we have a good looking day ahead and low humidity. let's head outside and show you what it looks like, sky6 live hd has a beautiful shot this morning looking over the ben franklin bridge, you can see just couple of clouds out there and we've got bright sunshine that will fill up the day shortly. the temperature 64 degrees, nice and comfortable, check out this dewpoint, 49 degrees, the dewpoint about 20 degrees less than it was yesterday which means it's much less humid. that gives us an idea about the
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humidity in the at. the winds out of the north/northwest pulling in that refreshing air. satellite and radar showing the showers from yesterday long gone we've got clear skies. sure, you see the clouds philadelphia filling in from the west that's because of a frontal boundary that's draped right here, that doesn't impact us today. 78 by new noon. we're dry today, low humidity, a good amount of sunshine, mostly sunny skies looking good. if you're heading to the shore this weekend, 69 degrees the ocean temperature. today is a beautiful day, 77. saturday, clouds and sun, 74. a stray shower around, sunday, sunshine and a few clouds and 76 degrees. the weekend is looking up. it had looked like it would be dreary on saturday, but looking much better. friday, sunny and pleasant, 75. friday, clouds and sun, 73. sunday, sunny and nice, 77.
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let's look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. nice today less humid, mostly sunny skies high of 84 degrees. tomorrow we get a mix of clouds and sunshine stray shower around, 77 degrees for your high. we'll see more sunshine the farther north you go. sunday, partly sunny skies, 82 degrees, comfortable. monday, 84 degrees, starting to warm things up. more so on tuesday, it becomes a bit more humid, 86 degrees for your high. wednesday warm and humid, shower possible. thursday, mostly sunny skies and 84 degrees. looking at the 7 day forecast not seeing any of the 90s we saw earlier in the weekend even though summer officially arrives saturday morning feeling spring like. >> an explosion leveled a house in colorado leaving a neighborhood rattled. more legal drama for the family of the long time los
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angeles clipper other than donald sterling. a few phone call has surfaced. >> reporter: route 202 is looking good and route 1 baltimore pike is moving just fine. we'll check in with bucks county after the break. >> they are the reaction you would expect when you see somebody's mug shot. and then there's this man nelson: when i started high school in jersey city
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making it to the finish line seemed like a distant dream. mr. cunningham: i know how hard nelson works running track and he works just as hard in my honors class. nelson: i thought i wasn't good at history but mr. cunningham, he makes it come alive. now i'm heading to college-- and my teachers helped make that happen. mr. cunningham: we're not just teachers, we're mentors, and helping all our students realize their dreams is the best part of the job. >> welcome back, everybody, 5:11, almost 5:12 friday
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morning. sky 6 looking at the peco building. a lot of people complain about this part of the country because we have no spring. last year we got spring in the bonus round. low humidity, beautiful temperatures, sunny skies. >> we had a bonus winter. >> reporter: we feel like we have a bonus with walter perez here. happy friday, if you're heading out in the burbs here's the suburban traffic report starting in bucks county, route 1, highland avenue, southbound go the tail lights toward the pennsylvania turnpike. no overnight construction the labels are clear in both directions. you're looking good between route 1 between morrisville and bensalem. they found struck structural
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problems with the greater ford road bridge, so it is closed. pot shot -- pot shop road will be closed between township line and berks road. expect heavy delays in dover because of the firefly music festival. they were encouraging you to use exit 935 not 104 or 98. use 95. time for a check. waze app. watch out for a pole down and wireless down in chester county.
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we'll check that out. >> a cadaver dog targeted the scent in the ruins of a colorado home destroyed by an explosion but did not find a body. neighbors say the boom could be heard for miles. debris rained down on nearby vehicles and homes. it's not known what caused the explosion. >> things are getting ugly between the clippers other than donald sterling and his wife. listener. >> that's a voice mail sterlig left for two doctors who ruled him incompetent tent. shelly said the nba boss made death threats against one of her lawyers. shelly wants to sell the team to former ceo steve ballmer, donald
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doesn't. ryan howard loves to play in saint louie which his hometown. he drove in 3 runs, two came in on 6 inning homer. he knocked 38 runs in the 27 games he played in saint louis. they are four games out of the first place. can you believe it. the eagles have wrapped up there three day mini camp. the players have off until they meet once again as a team for training camp. camps opens july 25. mcdonald may have to change it's signature kids meal name to not so happy meals. >> it's nice out there today and we'll see mostly sunny skies and the temperature just in the 60s, take a look at the temperature change in the past 24 hours, 14 degrees cooler in
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the lehigh valley than yesterday, tern -- ten degrees cooler in philadelphia. details coming up next. >> you can get "action news" and accuweather anytime with our 6abc news app. it's free at the apple and google app stores.
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>> driving through on the weekend will cost a bit more.
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the tolls will be raised by a dollar. it will increase to 3. the revenue will pay for road maintenance projects. >> reporter: you'll see a lot of people heading down route 1 not only to the beaches, but to the firefly weekend. it will be a big day and big weekend along route 1. the manayunk arts festival 25th year for the festival. it will give us closures throughout the weekend. portions of main, cottman levering and grape. tomorrow is summer stroll for epilepsy starting at northwestern avenue at forbidden drive. everything looking good germantown pike 309. the regional rails are on time, they will have shuttle busing on
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the norristown line just the upper chunk atle him street. >> reporter: let's look at the temperatures, 9:00 a.m., 70 degrees. noon, 78. 3:00 p.m., 83 degrees. 6:00 p.m., 83, mostly sunny skies less humid, no precipitation it's a great week ahead. matt mention the the firefly festival. 82 today, saturday, slight chance 56 shower, 77. sunday, 80 degrees. today, 84 mostly sunny skies, tomorrow clouds and sunshine, 77. just a channels for a shower. sunday, partly sunny skies, nice and 82. monday, mostly sunny, 84. tuesday more humid 86 degrees a chance of a shower at the end of the day.
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wednesday, 87, thursday, 84. the timing of a smoker's first cigarette of the day may predict their chances of lung cancer. those who smoke five minutes within waking have a better chance of getting cancer than those who wait an hour. >> harley davidson's new motorcycle could not come at a better time. >> reporter: are you ready for an electric hog. harley introduces the live wire an electric motorcycle it will go on sale in two years. coach is planning to close 07 stores. the company known for its pricey leather bags recovered after the recession, but sales have
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>> new video on "action news" caught an camera, crooks smashing their way is into as" cell phone store in texas. the video shows the men driving into the store literally. they found the stolen car on fire in a nearby bayou. the brazen bandits remain on the loose. florida police made an arrest in a brutal robbery that was caught on video.
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he punched her in the face. to make things worse that woman is pregnant. the man demands money and began taking cash. a tip led to the home of vincent johnson who has been charged with felony battery and robbery. >> this is for the books here in the morning buzz. >> that i can -- take a look at this man who was arrested in stock ton, california. instead of saying that's a felon. he got 30,000 likes. he is a handsome 30-year-old and repeat offender in california. the ladies don't seem to mind. i've got 50 shades on him. another said bring him to me, i'll lock him up. >> one woman wrote the criminal is not sexy. at the very least i think he could find another line of work
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perhaps as a model. >> approving how shallow people can be. we continue to follow breaking news in camden where firefighters are battling a factory fire. new details on the overnight crash involving a police cruiser and pick up truck. >> a lehigh county man hired to deliver packages is accused of stealing i'm robert de niro, and new york is my home.
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traffic. good morning. >> reporter: it's friday, we have gorgeous weather. the weekend forecast is looking up. 60 degrees in chester. comfortable temperatures, dewpoints are way down, it's very comfortable out there right now. the humidity has dropped. it's 64 degrees in vineland, new jersey. 62 in wood wine. temperatures are comfortable, satellite and radar showing we have mostly sunny skies, you can see the clouds that are out to our west and that's because a front is draped to our south. it will stay to the south, so that really helps us for today. let's plan the day he'd as you head out the door. -- is you head out the door. 6:00 a.m., in the 60s. a look at the day ahead. 84 degrees for the high. we'll have details on the changing forecast coming up in just a few minutes, matt. >> reporter: we like it when things are looking up,

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